Plow.



J. G. REDMOND.

PLOW.

APPLICATION FILED 001223, 1908.

Patented Feb. 15,1910.

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JOHN GARRETT BEDMOND, or rnmmotmr, ILLINoIs.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Feb, 15, 1910.

Application filed Getober as, 1908. Serial No. 459,124.

To all whom it may concern: I Be it known that I, JOHN GARRETT Rm)- MoNfo, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Fai'rmount, in the county of Ver-' miljion and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Plow, of which the following is afu-ll, clear, and exact description.

This invention has reference to improve ments in rotary plows or 'cultivators, more especiall such machines which are motor propelle' and its object is to provide means or lifting the plow cylinder from the ,found, as when taking the machinet'o and from the field, this means bein' referably constituted by crank-anus attached at opposite ends of the plow axle, each having a wheel journaled in itsfouter end, with one of the crank-arms provided with an operating lever and means for positively driving the wheels from the plow.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming-a part of this specification, in which similar-characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both vlews.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cultivator embodying my invention, showing the plow in 0 eratlve position; and Fig. 2 is a plan of t e cultivator.

The invention in its specific nature is made up of a frame 5, which is preferablyconstructedof metal and carries at its forward end, which is shown to be of reduced width, a motor 6 in the nature of an internal combustion engine. This end of the machine is wheel-supported and is provided with the usual operators seat 7, the steering lever 8 and the mechanism incident thereto, and the controlling lever 9 for operating the motor clutch, which clutch is best shown in dotted outline in Fig. 2. Both the front and rear portions of the frame have depend-' ing side portions, which, in the case of the I front carry the axle to which the wheels are applied, and at therear serve as bearings for axles 10 and 11 respectively, with the axle 10 arranged forward of the axle 11 and revolubly supporting a plow cylinder 12, which is shown to be provided with a number of radially-arranged digging blades 13.-

To the axle 11 is attached a cylinder 14 A which is'also provided with a number of blades 15, which blades, however; instead of extending across the cylinder'asin the case of the blades 13, are arranged in transverse- --to sink'into the soil.

planes at intervals of the cylinders length to a cross shaft 16 journaled in the frame forward of the plow, which shaft is 'provided with sprocket-wheels 17, which are 'connectedwith sprocket wheels 18 by chains 19, thmsprocket wheels 18 being revoluble on the extended ends of-the axle 10 and having their hubs rigid with the plow cylinder. Similar sprocket wheels 18 are also'journaled on the axle 10 and are rigid with the sprocket wheels 18, and operate to drive throu h chains 19*, sprocket wheels 20 attached to the ends of the axle '11. To the extended ends of the axle 10, are keyed crank arms 21 which are provided with controlling levers 22. Both of said arms 'carr running and supporting wheels '24, journa ed on stub-shafts 23, said shafts carrying sprocket wheels 25 which are connected by chains 26 with sprocket wheels 27 that are rigid with the sprocket wheels 18*, and, consequently,

with the plow cylinder. By 0 erating either lever 22, the wheels 24 may e held on the ground, or off the same when operation,

' as shown in Fig. 1. When, however, it is desired toelevate the plow above the ground,

as when takin it to and from the field, the

lever is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1, against a stop 28 projecting from the frame, a pin 28 which is employed in holding the lever in a de ressed position being removed and inserted in an opening 29, t us locking the lever against movement in either direction. It is obvious that other means for locking either lever 22, may be employed.

The operator seated on the seat 7 has -control over the steering and driving of the machine, and when the landto be plowed is reached, the lever 22 is moved to the position shown in Fig. 1, carrying the wheels. 24 above the ground and leavlng the entire weight at'the'rear portion of the machine to rest on the plbw, causin the blades thereof 1 11 now drivin the machine, the blades of the plow will dlg up the ground, which will afterward be broken the plow.

connected therewith, transportii'ig wheels 'earmg con- 0 the field, the wheels 24: are depressed by bringing the lever 22 to an upright posi tion, and the propulsion of the cultivator takes place by the positive driving of these wheels through the chain vand sprocket c0nnections instead of through the actuation of Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a frame and a motor thereon, of a rotary plow, the axle of said plow having crank arms and a lever wheels 24 gearedfwith the plow and con- "stantly driven therefronnlevers upon which H the wheels are journaled, said levers being pivoted on the axis of the plow for adjusting the wheel axes concentrically therewith, to carrythe wheels into or out of contact with the soil,-so that when in one postition such wheels with the front shown and described. p

In testimony whereof'I 'h'avefsigned my presence the wheels act as drivers for the vehicle while the plow is elevated, and, in the other a position, theplow acts as the driver, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, in a motor-driven vehicle, of a frame having front sup'portin wheels, a rotary plow cylinder 12, journale in the rear portion of the frame and having radial cutting blades extending its entire length, a rear rotary cylinder 14, having chopping blades 13 arranged in parallel rows lengthwise of the cylinder and spaced apart in the several rows, sprocket gearing'connecting the two cylinders, a motor-driven shaft and sprocket gearing connecting with the front plow cylinder, crank arms journaled on the axle of the front cylinder and carrying at its ends small running and supporting wheels 24, hand levers rlgidly connected with the crank arms andadapted for controlling the position of said running wheels, :and sprocket gearing connecting plow cylinder as name to this specification in the of two subscribing witnesses; f

'J OHN GARRETT REDMOND.

Witnesses:

LEWIS A. ABDILL, James T, BAILEY. 

